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Grade 11Mechanics

A 6 m stick of mass 60 kg is rested upon a wall. At what distance should the bottom of the stick be so that it tends to slip? Coeff of friction between stick and floor is 0.3

Profile image of Syed Shah Mahjujur Rahman
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
Let at x distance fro the bottom it would teds to slip.
Hence the torque to its cetre of mass = 0.
Therfore,
(60x/l)g x (x/2) = 60(l-x)^2/2l
on solving we get,
x = 6/(1+ root(g)) = > 1.452 meter approx.